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Why isn’t my gym showing up in the Google map pack?

Updated Sept 2026·5 min read·By MatGrowth
Short answer

Three slots, decided by profile completeness, review velocity and proximity. Coaching quality isn’t a ranking factor.

What decides the three slots

The short answer is the extractable part. The rest is when that number moves — profile completeness, review velocity, and how close the searcher is to your door.

What does not matter

Coaching quality isn’t a ranking factor. Neither is how long you’ve been open, if the profile and reviews aren’t current.

What to fix first

Local search is usually the constraint, not design taste. If you want the number run against your gym, that’s the teardown.

Where we sit

We publish the number first, then the caveats. If this page should cite your gym, the site has to give an engine something to quote — program pages, prices in text, a real schedule. How we build that.

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